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Novell ZENworks Asset Management Remote Execution

Disclosed
Nov 2, 2011
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a path traversal flaw in Novell ZENworks Asset Management
7.5. By exploiting the CatchFileServlet, an attacker can upload a malicious file
outside of the MalibuUploadDirectory and then make a secondary request that allows
for arbitrary code execution.

Authors

Unknown
juan vazquez [email protected]

Platform

Java

Architectures

java

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use exploit/windows/http/zenworks_assetmgmt_uploadservlet
msf exploit(zenworks_assetmgmt_uploadservlet) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(zenworks_assetmgmt_uploadservlet) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(zenworks_assetmgmt_uploadservlet) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(zenworks_assetmgmt_uploadservlet) > exploit

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